A beam failure recovery method in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The beam failure recovery method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station, configuration information about a candidate beam reference signal (RS) set, if RS received power (RSRP) values for all of candidate beam RSs and RSRP values for all of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) connected to a physical random access channel (PRACH) do not exceed a threshold, selecting a CSI-RS within the candidate beam RS set and a beam RS for the BFR among all the SSBs, and transmitting a PRACH preamble to the base station via a PRACH resource connected to the beam RS.
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1. A method for performing, by a user equipment (UE), a beam failure recovery (BFR) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, configuration information about a candidate beam reference signal (RS) set, wherein the candidate beam RS set is comprised of only channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs); selecting a beam RS among the CSI-RSs of the candidate beam RS set based on a predetermined condition, wherein the selecting comprises: selecting the beam among the CSI-RSs of the candidate beam RS set having a RS received power (RSRP) value that exceeds a threshold; selecting the beam RS among specific synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) having a RSRP value that exceeds the threshold, based on RSRP values based on none of the CSI-RSs within the candidate beam RS exceeding the threshold, wherein SSBs which are connected to a physical random access channel (PRACH) include the specific SSBs; selecting the beam RS among i) the SSBs and ii) the CSI-RSs, based on RSRP values for all of the CSI-RSs and RSRP values for all of the SSBs not exceeding the threshold, wherein, based on the CSI-RSs including at least one CSI-RS indirectly connected to the PRACH, the beam RS selected based on RSRP values for all of the CSI-RSs and RSRP values for all of the SSBs not exceeding the threshold is a beam RS among i) the SSBs and ii) specific CSI-RSs directly connected to the PRACH within the CSI-RSs, and wherein, based on at least one of the specific CSI-RSs being quasi-co-located with one of the SSBs with respect to a spatial reception parameter, the beam RS selected based on RSRP values for all of the CSI-RSs and RSRP values for all of the SSBs not exceeding the threshold is a beam RS among i) the SSBs and ii) CSI-RSs which are not quasi-co-located with any of the SSBs with respect to a corresponding spatial reception parameter within the specific CSI-RSs; and transmitting a PRACH preamble to the base station via a PRACH resource connected to the selected beam RS.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein all the SSBs are SSBs within a serving cell, within a serving carrier, or within an active bandwidth part (BWP).
3. A user equipment (UE) for performing a beam failure recovery (BFR) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit a radio signal; a receiver configured to receive the radio signal; and a processor configured to control the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, from a base station, configuration information about a candidate beam reference signal (RS) set, wherein the candidate beam RS set is comprised of only channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs); select a beam RS among the CSI-RSs of the candidate beam RS set based on a predetermined condition, wherein the selecting comprises: select the beam among the CSI-RSs of the candidate beam RS set having a RS received power (RSRP) value that exceeds a threshold; select the beam RS among specific synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) having a RSRP value that exceeds the threshold, based on RSRP values based on none of the CSI-RSs within the candidate beam RS exceeding the threshold, wherein SSBs which are connected to a physical random access channel (PRACH) include the specific SSBs; select the beam RS among i) the SSBs and ii) the CSI-RSs, based on RSRP values for all of the CSI-RSs and RSRP values for all of the SSBs not exceeding the threshold, wherein, based on the CSI-RSs including at least one CSI-RS indirectly connected to the PRACH, the beam RS selected based on RSRP values for all of the CSI-RSs and RSRP values for all of the SSBs not exceeding the threshold is a beam RS among i) the SSBs and ii) specific CSI-RSs directly connected to the PRACH within the CSI-RSs, and wherein, based on at least one of the specific CSI-RSs being quasi-co-located with one of the SSBs with respect to a spatial reception parameter, the beam RS selected based on RSRP values for all of the CSI-RSs and RSRP values for all of the SSBs not exceeding the threshold is a beam RS among i) the SSBs and ii) CSI-RSs which are not quasi-co-located with any of the SSBs with respect to a corresponding spatial reception parameter within the specific CSI-RSs; and transmit a PRACH preamble to the base station via a PRACH resource connected to the selected beam RS.
4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein all the SSBs are SSBs within a serving cell, within a serving carrier, or within an active bandwidth part (BWP).
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